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¹Department of Electronics and Communications Technology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

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Summary

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A novel autorefractor demonstrated performance comparable to subjective refraction, accounting for its inherent variability. This study introduces a new protocol for evaluating refractive devices, showing the portable autorefractor

Keywords:

QuickSee Free autorefractor validation refractive errors subjective refraction

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Area of Science:

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Optometry
Optical Engineering

Background:

Subjective refraction exhibits significant reproducibility issues.
Existing autorefractor studies often overlook this variability.
A novel protocol is needed to accurately assess autorefractor performance.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate a new handheld Hartmann-Shack autorefractor (QuickSee Free).
To introduce and validate an alternative protocol for autorefractor evaluation.
To account for the inherent variability of subjective refraction in device assessment.

Main Methods:

A novel protocol comparing a portable autorefractor (QSFree) against subjective refractions (SR1, SR2) and a desktop autorefractor.
Utilized Bland-Altman analysis and percentage of agreement to assess performance.
Included 75 participants aged 53 ± 14 years.

Main Results:

QSFree showed mean differences comparable to or smaller than the variability between two subjective refractions (±0.24 D vs. ±0.26 D for spherical equivalent).
Differences in astigmatic components (J0, J45) were negligible, with 96% agreement within ±0.50 D.
Limits of agreement were higher for QSFree vs. subjective refraction compared to subjective refraction vs. subjective refraction.

Conclusions:

A validated protocol effectively accounts for subjective refraction variability.
The novel portable autorefractor (QSFree) shows promising performance.
The study highlights the importance of considering refraction variability in device evaluation.